The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25


IS about the article How People Tan
IS Gambrell made some corrections in If a
d witness set it up; Col. Hamilton duri,
d the conversation above referred TO wi
witness, asked him if he Thought old \,
$ Gamorell, Roderick's father, could prove
g Tue publications; witness answered that
: thought he could
o BY the State-Gambreil said that he q
e pected Hamilton on the Monday after Il
o pupncaton; knew of no reason WHY Gan
: oren should attack Hamilton. Witne
4 tod GambreH that he did not think Han
: iiton would stand the published srticI
l Oambrell answered that she did not =,
!; pect him." and then he (GambreI) left III
; room Told Gambrell about the fus. b,
tween the Hulls and Hamilton; said tbs
: 1t was because the Hulls had published a
! article IN which they said that HamiIto
had been eating salt at the Radical tabl,
! Gambrell said that he would publish abou
Hamilton eating salt at Republican tabl
II he felt like it. Saw GambreIl load tn
gun; he said he expected Hamilton to cal
Inc next time witness saw the gun it wa
IN box, muzzie down, near GambrelF
desk. Hamilton, at the conversation re
ferred to. told witness that he could no
afford to have a trouble with Gambrell
Never told this conversation to Gambren
because he might get to blowing about i
IN the next issue and make it worse: neve
heard this matter mentioned after the dis
cusslon above given; never heard Gambrel
speak of it. Left after the second publ
cation; got on spree and kept of week
| then he quit work. All he knew about tn,
New Mississippian was what Ed Martin
| told him.
The conversation with Col Hamilton
/ was after the first and before the second
| article was published. Set up the second
| article, but did not tell Gambrell anything
| that transpired during his interview witt
Hamilton. Witness did not tell Gambrel
| that Hamilton intended TO publish card
stating that he would not run for the Sen
| ate; did not feel like telling Gambrell
about it. Told Hamilton that Roderick
Gambrell had heard that he Hamilton
was going to attack him on Sunday at the
Witness Jnougnr mat the matter was
dropped. Gambrell seemed to think so
also; he said that he expected an answer in
the Wednesday Clarion" When the Clar-
ion came out and there was no reply, Gam
brell said that he thought the matter had
been dropped.
Witness lost the track of the shotgun
after this. The Wednesday spoken of was
week and day before the killing. Gam
brell on the day of the fire parade met wit
ness and asked him if his jug of whisky
was out ; treated witness to drink of
moxie and offered him his place back
Never heard Gambrell say that he was go
ing to let up on Hamilton. After the
Clarion came out and there was no reply,
Gambrell seemed to be more at ease he
did not watch the door as much as he did
before. Witness did not remain in the of
fee but two days after the second publica-
ton. He received jug of whiskey about
that time and went on spree.
BY the defense-Roderick GambrelI said
that if Hamilton ran for the Senate he
would follow him and denounce him on
the stump. The article, people Will
Talk was published after the issue of the
Clarion, in which the answer of Jones
Hamilton was expected to appear.
By the State-Did not tell Gambrell that
Hamilton had said that he was not going
to run for the Senate or that he was not
going to attack him. Gambrell said that
he did not want Hamilton to run for the
Senate.
JOHN c. CARRAwAY,
in Kinds county, and is 43 years of age;
mons meat market when the shooting oc-
Cured. The first shot was fired when he
was at Mrs. O'Learey's was at Simmons
meat market, or just past it, when the
shooting ended. Ran to the bridge; found
Gambrell on the plank walk asked who
it was; no one could tell Mr.. Jones and
Mr.. Purser said that the man who did the
shooting had gone east, over the bridge.
Passed the Fitzgerald boys en- route to the
bridge next passed Jones and Sam Pur-
ser they followed witness to the scene of
the shooting. Did not see Figures. While
talking to Hamilton on the bridge Al
brecht came from the west. Picked up
Gambrelrs pistol it was empty. 1t never
left his possession that night. Kept
it until the inquest was held and then
turned it over to the coroner. The one in
evidence did not look like the one taken
from Gambrellis body although it was of
the same make and size. When Jones and
Purser said that the man who had done
the killing had gone up the bridge, wit.
ness ran up and there met Col Hamilton.
His clothing was on fire witness extin-
guished the fire and Hamilton complained
Of pain in his arm he said his arm was
broken. He then said that he was shot in
the stomach and tried to point to the
hand. Then Albecht came up and he
handed his pistol to him, Albrecht, who
took it. Hamilton then raised his vest
with his right hand and pointed to the
wound in his stomach. Told Albrecht to
take Hamilton to drug store and to get a
carriage. Witness then went back to Gam
brell and had him removed to his home.
Subsequently witness went to the drug
store kept by Mr.. Yerger Stewart 1t was
there that Mr. Stewart handed witness a
pistol which he said had been given him
by Col. Hamilton. Stewart took the pis-
toll from drawer. Witness examined il
and found it fully loaded Mr.. Stewart
was called off on some business at that
moment and as be did not return, witness
put the pistol in his pocket and brought it
to his office, where it has been ever since.
Witness here left the stand and went to
his Office returning in few moments he
produced the pistol. 1t was a very pretty
Colt, double action, Al, silver mounted,
with pearl handle. Mr.. Carraway un-
loaded it outside of the court room so that
il could be examined by attorneys. 1t was
offered in evidence. Continuing with his
evidence witness said The flashes were
| on the bridge, all near the same spot
Could not tell how the shots were fired
| the deceased Col. Hamilton turned and
went east he did not come near the
body.
Saw Col. Hamilton before the shooting
at the Lawrence House. Col. Hamilton
left him as the train backed in, witness re-
naming at the Lawrence House. The big
pistol was given to the coroner's jury by
Albrecht. He instructed Mr. Albrecht to
| do this. There was no one on the bridge
| but Hamilton and Gambrell when witness
arrived. No one insinuated then that
others had been engaged in the shooting
Heard that theory at the inquest the
shots were all on the north side of Capitol
street did not hear any cry of murder OF
anything of that sort.
At the inquest witness was asked if be
had seen any pistol belonging to Col. Ham
ilton. He answered that he had seen the
one that Yerger Stewart had. The pisto
| that Stewart had was the small Colt. Had
known Hamilton for 20 years; his genera
reputation for peace and quiet was good
The work at the bridge by the street hand,
had been going ON day or two before tht
| shooting. Went to Mr.. Lesser's house one
night since the shooting; it was a darl
night; witness placed lamp on the bridg,
near where Mr.. Gambrell was found. He
placed it midway between the iron pos
and the place where Mr.. GambreIl fell
Took position similar to the one occu
By Ne NJ y Sg ss and aBs c9qld see the gh
position man could only see about fiv'
feet of the northwest corner of the bridg,
proper; McDonald's ware house was in tn
way. person in Jayne's position coul,
not have seen any firing two feet from tn
railroad track. Mr.. Jayne was at tn
, house when witness tried the experiment
Witness got his position from Mr.. Jayne
Never heard of Col. Hamilton insulting
man or bringing on difficulty. Aske
Mr.. Jayne if he saw the gas lamp on tn